Comment by lawn
2 months ago
> Can SteamOS run random accounting software from 2002? makes no sense right?
I bet it can.
> Why pick the obvious terrible choice for the category?
They're selling the "obviously terrible" choice, even prioritizing and asking a premium for it.
Furthermore Windows has been the obvious choice for gaming for decades, that SteamOS seems to outclass Windows is indeed noteworthy.
Windows has been the choice for gaming, not because windows is great but because game devs supported it primarily. It was no property of windows itself but its market dominance that caused that.
For decades, most gamers preferred consoles, which have a purpose built OS like SteamOS. Windows still supports features that have been around for 3 decades despite their drawbacks and performance issues.
> Windows has been the choice for gaming, not because windows is great but because game devs supported it primarily. It was no property of windows itself but its market dominance that caused that.
Nothing has changed in that respect you know?
Games aren't targeting SteamOS, instead SteamOS (via Proton and Wine) emulates Windows and even adds improvements on top.
That's seriously impressive no matter how you look at it.
> For decades, most gamers preferred consoles, which have a purpose built OS like SteamOS.
The difference is of course that those games explicitly target those consoles. Games aren't targeting SteamOS.
I agree, that is impressive. I am all for SteamOS, it's great, I was just saying don't compare a race car to a potato, that only makes one question if the race car is really all it claims to be.